English 1- Odysseus Test

What does "en medias res" mean

in the middle of things

So I informed my shipmates point by point---Ok O, but what didn't you tell them

That they have to escape Syclla

Who says in persuading the men, "And we will live to remember this someday....."

Odysseus

Listen comrades, brothers in hardship, all ways of dying are hateful... but to die of hunger, starve of death..

Eurylochus

Where does Circe Live?

Aeaea

WHo were the creatures that would spellbind men with their songs

Sirens

Describe Scylla

12 legs and 6 heads

How does Odysseus motivate his men when they are scared on the ship?

Showing them past conquerings/overcoming danger

What God is absent from the assembly on Mt. Olympus

Poseidon

Who says s/he wishes Telemachus was never king

Antinous

What happened to Orestes

He avenged his fathers death

What does the bard Phemius in Ithaca sing about

The Greeks journey home from Troy

How does Antinous characterize Penelope

As a trickster abusing the situation

Who is Mentor

A family friend

Who is Telemachus' secret safe with as he prepares to leave Ithaca

Eurycleia

What do the Muses do

Inspire poetry

You've counseled me with so much kindness now

Telemachus to Mentes

"Not till then...will the island princess quit..Who's to fear? I ask you. Surely not Telemachus

Eurymachus to Halithereses

"I'm sailing off to Sparta and sandy Pylos too, for news of my dear father's journey home" Who is this referring to ?

Telemachus plan to find his father

Why do Odysseus' men eat the cattle of the sun god, Helios?

They are tired of eating fish, fruit, and vegetables

What is the setting of the Odyssey

Greece

Why does Calypso release Odysseus from her island?

Hermes instructed her from orders from Zeus

Why do Odysseus' me get slaughtered by the Cicones?

They didn't listen to orders from Odysseus.

On what island do the inhabitants tempt with fruit

Lotus eaters

What names does Odysseus give to Polyphemus in Book 9

Both Odysseus and nobody

So high and mighty Telemachus-such unbridled anger....

Antinous

Zeus of the strangers guards all guest and suppliants

Odysseus

But you must give me a guest gift (Ex of..)

hospitality

"So he laid his trap but he never caught me, no, wise to the world I shot back in my craft way"

Hero trait

"..as a shipwright bores his beam with a ...drill that men below, whipping and snapping the strap"

epic simile

it's crackling roots blazed and hissed

imagery

"I cannot advise you which to take..you must decide for yourself"

Circe

"But then-the wind fell in a instant, all glazed to a dead calm... a mysterious power husband".

imagery

What was the worst thing Odysseus witnessed at Sea?

men torn apart by Scylla

Who is wanting a decent meal

Eurylochus

Zeus was upset in book 1 because....

Mortals blame God's for all their troubles

Sing to me, man of muse..
What is this describing?

Bard

What's invocation?

An invocation is a formal request for help or inspiration

What is imagery?

visually descriptive or figurative language

"Once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy"

alliteration

"Gripping her bronze spear/ She looked at the world like a stranger now".

Disguise

"By now/ All the survivors, All who avoided death".

Repition

"Telemachus tells Mentes about "a man whose white bones lie strewn in the rain somewhere, rotting away on land or rolling down the oceans salty swells".

imagery

"The GIANT KILLER hermes"

ephithet

"Plunged to the sea and skimmed the waves like a tern that down the deadly gulfs of the barren salt swells glides and dives for fish, dipping its beating wings in bursts of spray..."
What is this an example of?

An epic simile

What does Zeus give to hermes about Odysseus travels after he is released from calypso

Odysseus has to travel to the land of Scheria.

What effect does Calypso cave have on hermes?

Hermes is emotional.

Nymph with Lovely braids
Who is O referring to?

Calypso

Which goddess intervenes while Odysseus is fighting for his life

Ino

What does Ino give Odysseus

An immortal scarf that prevents him from pain and death

How many days does Odysseus sail for before he reaches the land of the Phaeacians

18 days

After Hermes leave the island, Calypso tells Odysseus she will allow him to return home. How does he respond

He has trust issues and thinks Calypso is playing a trick on him.

What is the role of gods in Odysseus' fate

The Gods help Odysseus get to saftey and determine his journey

"Joy.. warm as the joy that children feel when they see their father's life down again"
What is this an example of?

Homeric simile

To whom does Odysseus reveal his name

Alcinous

What is Odysseus's father's name

Laertes

After Odysseus and his men drifted aimlessly for 9 days, where did they land

Land of Lotus Eaters

What feeling do the Lotus plants produce in those ingest them?

It makes them high and makes them forget their memory.

How many men did Odysseus send to check out the Lotus Eaters.

3 men

What happened to those men?

they fell under the spell and didn't return to Odeyssus

What does Odysseus do to the men to prevent them from eating the lotus?

He forced them into the ship

Where does the men wait for Cyclops to return

In the cave

"Strangers? now where you? Where did you sail from, over the running sea-lanes"?

Cyclops

"Men of Achaea we are and bound from Troy! Driven far off course by the warring winds"!

Odyessus

What does Odysseus say he needs from Cyclops

Xenia

How does Cyclops react when he hears about Zeus

He act appalled

What does Cyclop do the the two of Odysseus men?

He eats them for breakfeast

What does Odysseus say his name is?

nobody and Odyessus

What caused the ship to lose way?

The sirens

How does Odysseys motivate his men to continue

He says they have to preserve, and to tie him up.

To what does Odysseus compare Charybdis?

To a cauldron over a raging fire

Ashen terror gripped the men

personification

How many men does Odysseus lose to Sycle

6 men

What is a Charybdis in the Odyssey?

She is a giant whirlpool

What two things about Helios does Odysseus tell his men?

That he is immortal and to not touch his cattle

What circumstances have led the crew to slaughter the cattle

Eurylochus convinces them

Who does Odysseus blame for this tragedy

Father Zeus

What happens to Odysseus at the end of Book 5?

He ends up losing his ship, and rides a makeshift raft

Where does Odysseus end his tale?

Calypsos Island

What does Odysseus do before he's allowed to leave Circe Home (book 10)

He has to travel down to the house of death to consult Tiresias

How does Odysseus react with going to Hades?

He begins to weep

What are Circe's Instructions

he must travel to the underworld to consult with Tiresias and warns him of the sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

What does Elpenor ask of Odysseus? (Book 11, Elphemor has died by falling off the roof of Circe's place in book 10)

He asks Odysseus to burn him with his armor and perform rites with an oar she swung with the crew.

List three things that will happen according to Tiresias the blind prophet

Gods will make it hard for him to Go home due to the wrath of Poseidon. He is warned against cattle losing his crew and a long journey home. Return to Ithaca and defeat.

Where are talking in book 11?

The underworld.

Odysseus is the most _______________

cunning

What does Odysseus say to Cyclops about his ship?

He says Poseidon crashed his ship and the winds rode him into the cave

What does Odysseus make with a wooden club?

A sword

What does Odysseus offer Cyclops?

Red wine

What does Odyessus and his men do to escape the cave?

They cling to the bellies of Cyclops sheep

What does Odysseus yell to Cyclops once they were on the boat?

He brags and reveals his identify

What does Cyclops throw at the men?

Rocks

What does Odysseus say he wishes he could do to Cyclops?

Kill him and take him to hell

What request does Odysseus make to his father?

He wishes that Odysseus comes as a broken man

What does Odysseus credit with his survival?

Calypso

Which God is responsible for the fate of the Crew in Thriniacia?

Zeus

What does Zeus do?

He destroys Odysseus ship and all his crew dies.

What does Zeus do?

He destroys the ship with a lightning bolt

Ogyia

Land of Calypso

What would Eurylochus rather do than kill the cattle?

He would rather die at sea than die of hunger